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G.
Water
Resources
Streams and
Subwatersheds
Big
Darby
Creek
is approximately 78.7 miles long from its headwaters in
Logan
County
to its confluence with the
Scioto
River
in Circleville (See Map 1).
The major streams within the watershed are highlighted in the figure
below.
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Figure 12:
Darby
Creek
Watershed Tributary Data
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Length
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Mouth
in
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Drains
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Stream
Name
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(miles)
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Flows
into
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County
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Sq.
Mile
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Acres
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Big
Darby
Creek
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78.7
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Scioto
River
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Pickaway
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555.0
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355,608
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Little
Darby
Creek
|
38.0
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Big Darby Creek
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Franklin
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178.0
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113,920
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Treacle
Creek
|
14.2
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Little
Darby
Creek
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Union
|
37.1
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23,744
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Hellbranch
Run
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12.8
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Big Darby Creek
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Franklin
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37.7
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24,128
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Spring
Fork
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12.0
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Little
Darby
Creek
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Madison
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37.9
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24,256
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Pleasant
Run
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8.0
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Big
Darby
Creek
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Champaign
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9.5
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6,080
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Buck
Run
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6.8
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Big
Darby
Creek
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Union
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29.8
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19,072
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Proctor
Run
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6.0
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Treacle
Creek
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Union
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10.4
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6,656
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Sugar
Run
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5.0
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Big
Darby Creek
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Madison
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19.5
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12,480
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Barron
Creek
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4.8
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Little
Darby Creek
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Madison
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6.3
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4,032
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Flat
Branch
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4.7
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Big Darby Creek
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Logan
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13.6
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8,704
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Little
Darby Creek(Logan)
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4.5
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Big Darby Creek
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Logan
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7.2
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4,608
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Sugar
Run
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4.4
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Big Darby Creek
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Union
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4.3
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2,752
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Lake
Run
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4.1
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Little
Darby Creek
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Champaign
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7.0
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4,493
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Clover
Run
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3.8
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Little
Darby Creek
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Champaign
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2.1
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1,344
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Hay
Run
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3.6
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Big Darby Creek
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Union
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5.8
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3,712
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Robinson
Run
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3.2
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Big Darby Creek
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Union
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2.7
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1,728
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Howard
Run
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3.2
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Treacle
Creek
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Union
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10.9
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6,976
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Jumping
Run
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2.7
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Lake
Run
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Champaign
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2.5
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1,600
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Greenbrier
Creek
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2.6
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Big
Darby
Creek
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Pickaway
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9.8
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6,272
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Prairie
Run
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2.5
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Big Darby Creek
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Union
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3.0
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1,920
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Springwater
Run
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0.6
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Big Darby
Creek
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Pickaway
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3.5
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2,240
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Georges
Creek(Run)
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0.5
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Big Darby
Creek
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Pickaway
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1.2
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768
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Source: ODNR,
Ohio Streams Gazetteer, 2001.
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Figure
13:
Darby
Creek
Watershed 14 Digit Subwatershed Drainage Area
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Name
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14
digit Subwatershed Description
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Acres
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Square Miles
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1901
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Big
Darby
Creek
headwaters to above Flat Branch
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3,759
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5.87
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1902
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Flat
Branch
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8,689
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13.58
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1903
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Big
Darby
Creek
below Flat Branch to
Milford
Center
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40,805
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63.76
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1904
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Big
Darby
Creek
from
Milford
Center
to above Sugar Run
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20,968
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32.76
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1905
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Buck
Run
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19,057
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29.78
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1906
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Robinson
Run
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6,988
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10.92
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1907
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Sugar
Run
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12,444
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19.44
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2001
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Big
Darby
Creek
below Sugar Run to High Free Pike
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40,114
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62.68
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2002
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Big
Darby
Creek
from High Free Pike to Little
Darby
Creek
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9,184
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14.35
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2101
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Little
Darby
Creek
headwaters above Treacle Creek
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19,062
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29.78
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2102
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Treacle
Creek headwaters above Proctor Run
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12,629
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19.73
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2103
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Proctor
Run
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6,662
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10.41
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2104
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Treacle
Creek below Proctor Run to Little
Darby
Creek
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4,551
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7.11
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2105
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Little
Darby
Creek
below Treacle Creek to above Spring Fork
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23,491
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36.70
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2106
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Spring
Fork
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24,327
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38.01
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2107
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Little
Darby
Creek
below Spring Fork to Big
Darby
Creek
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23,518
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36.75
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2201
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Hellbranch
Run
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24,181
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37.78
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2202
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Big
Darby
Creek
below Little Darby to above Hellbranch Run
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16,042
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25.07
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2203
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Big
Darby
Creek
below Hellbranch Run to Darbyville
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25,100
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39.22
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2204
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Big
Darby
Creek
from Darbyville to
Scioto
River
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14,038
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21.93
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Totals
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355,608
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555.64
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Big Darby Creek Watershed is delineated into several
smaller regions called subwatershed which are individual drainage areas within
the larger watershed (See Figure 13). One
such example would be Sugar Run in southeast Union
County
. By identifying subwatersheds,
local residents are provided with a more focused understanding of water quality
within their own backyard. Within the Darby Creek Watershed, 20 smaller
watersheds have been identified, draining an area as large as 40,110 acres and
as small as 3,760 acres (See Map 7).
 
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